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ADOPTED  FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT   OF  THE  ASSOCIATION   AND 
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CHICAGO: 

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1851. 


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THE  CITY  OF  CHICAGO. 


TOGETHER    WITH    THE 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


ADOPTED  FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION  AND 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 


CHICAGO: 

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OFFICERS  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION. 

President^ 
THOMAS  HOYNE. 

First   Vice-President, 
WILLIAM  E.  DOGGETT. 

Second  Vice-President, 
DAVID  C.  BEATTIE. 

Corresponding  Secretary. 
JAMES  A.  BASSETT. 

Recording  Secretary, 
GEORGE  W.  LAY,  Jr. 

Treasurer, 
HORATIO  G.  SHUMWAY. 


Managers. 


H.  R.  Stebbings, 
James  H.  Rees, 
Charles  H.  Quinlan, 


William  T.  Barron, 
Henrf  a.  Clark, 
Amzi  Benedict, 


Si  LocKwooD  Brown. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH. 

"  The  Young  Men's  Association  of  the  City  of  Chicago"  was  or- 
ganized on  the  sixth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1841,  Its  objects,  as  ex- 
pressed in  the  Constitution  adopted  for  its  government  at  tliat  time,  were, 
"  to  establish  and  maintain  a  Reading  Room  and  Library,  and  to  procure 
Literary  and  Scienlific  Lectures,  and  to  promote  the  intellectual  improve- 
ment of  its  members." 

The  founders  of  the  Association  were  young  men,  who,  having  selec- 
ted this  city  as  their  future  place  of  residence,  were  desirous  of  securing, 
at  an  early  day,  the  establishment  of  an  institution  which  should  afford, 
at  comparatively  trifling  expense,  the  means  of  intellectual  improvement 
for  themselves  and  for  those  who  might  afterwards  avail  themselves  of  its 
privileges.  From  the  time  of  its  first  organization  up  to  the  winter  of 
1850 — '51,  it  was  sustained  by  the  voluntary  contributions  and  effoi-ts  of 
its  membei-s,  without  having  corporate  powers,  and  thus  far  during  the 
period  of  its  existence,  its  success  has  been  all  that  could  reasonably  have 
been  anticipated,  and  fully  equalled  the  expectations  of  its  projectoi-s ;  the 
number  of  members  has  gradually  increased — the  Reading  Room  hasi 
been  kept  open  and  supplied  with  the  most  impoiiant  newspapers  of  the 
country,  and  with  the  various  American  and  foreign  Reviews  and  Period- 
icals— the  Library,  which,  at  the  outset  consisted  of  about  one  hundred 
volumes  only,  contributed  by  the  friends  of  the  Association,  has  become 
one  of  the  largest  in  the  city,  embracing  a  valuable  selection  of  works  in  all 
the  departments  of  literature  and  science.  Within  the  past  year,  efforts 
have  been  made  by  the  Executive  Committee  and  members  generally,  to 
place  the  Association  on  a  more  permanent  basis  than  it  has  heretofore 
occupied.     Over  two  hundred  names  have  been  added  to  the  list  of  mem- 


bers,  and  about  the  sum  of  six  hundred  dollai-s  contributed  for  the  purpose 
of  increasing  the  hbrary ;  and  besides  this,  during  the  last  session  of  the 
legislature  of  this  State,  a  liberal  act  of  incorporation  was  granted,  under 
which  its  affairs  are  now  managed ;  and  it  is  hoped,  that  within  a  short 
time,  under  the  operation  of  this  Charter,  the  Association  will  be  per- 
manently located  in  its  own  edifice,  and  placed  upon  a  footing  which  will 
insure  its  success  and  increase  its  usefulness.  In  the  language  of  the  last 
Annual  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee,  "  we  have  now  every  requi- 
"site  for  making  this  Association  one  of  the  largest  and  most  flourishing 
"  institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  country.  Our  city  is  increasing  rapidly 
"  in  wealth  and  population,  and  is  filled  with  young  and  enterprising  men, 
"  who  should  become  connected  with  it,  and  aid  in  its  advancement ;  and 
"  well  directed  efforts  in  future,  will  secure  to  us  an  institution  which  will 
"  remain  a  monument  to  the  intelligence,  enterprise  and  benevolence  of 
"  our  citizens,  '  more  lasting  than  brass.'  " 


ACT  OF  WCORPOEATION. 


AN  ACT 
To  Incorporate  the  Young  Men's  Association  of  the    City  of 

Chicago. 
Section  1,  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois  rep- 
resented in  the  General  Assemblf/,  That  the  members  of  the  Young 
Men's  Association  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  all  persons  who  shall 
hereafter  become  associated  "with  them,  are  hereby  constituted  a  body 
politic  and  corporate,  by  the  name  of  the  Young  Men's  Association 
OF  the  Citv  of  Chicago,  and  by  that  name  shall  have  perpetual  success- 
ion, with  power  to  make,  have  and  use  a  common  seal,  and  the  same  to 
alter  and  renew  at  pleasure,  to  contract  and  be  contracted  with,  sue  and 
be  sued,  implead  and  be  impleaded,  answer  and  be  answered  unto,  in  all 
courts  of  competent  jurisdiction,  and  shall  have  all  other  powers  and  priv- 
ileges necessary  to  fultil  the  objects  of  their  incorporatioa. 

Sec.  2.  The  objects  of  said  corporation  shall  be,  to  establish  and 
maintain  a  reading  room  and  library,  and  to  procure  literary  and  scientific 
lectures,  and  to  promote  the  intellectual  improvement  of  its  members. 

Sec.  3.  The  ofiicers  of  said  corporation  shall  be,  a  President,  two 
Vice-Presidents,  Corresponding  Secretary,  Recording  Secretar}-,  Treasurer 
and  seven  Managers,  They  shall  be  chosen  annually  by  ballot,  by  the 
members  of  the  corporation,  and  the  persons  receiving  a  majority  of  the 
votes  of  the  members  present  shall  be  declared  elected,  and  shall  hold 
their  respective  offices  for  one  year,  or  until  their  successors  shall  be  appoint- 
ed.    The  above  named  officers  shall  compose  the  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  4.  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  corporation  on  the 
first  Saturday  of  February,  in  each  and  every  year,  for  the  purpose  of 
electing  officers,  hearing  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and 
transacting  all  other  necessary  business. 


Sec.  5.  Said  corporation  shall  have  the  power  to  define  tho  duties  of 
its  officers,  appoiiit  such  (committees  and  adopt  such)  l)y-la^vs  as  may  be 
necessaiy  for  its  government,  the  management  of  it«  concerns,  and  the 
fulfillment  of  its  objects;  and  shall  be  competent  in  law  and  equity  to 
take  to  itself,  in  its  corporate  name,  real,  personal  or  mixed  property,  by 
gift,  grant,  bargain  and  sale,  conveyance,  will,  devise  or  bequest  of  any 
person  or  persons  whomsoever,  and  the  same  estate  to  grant,  bargain,  sell, 
conve}',  demise,  let,  or  place  out  at  any  interest,  or  otherwise  dispose  of 
the  same  for  the  use  of  said  corporation,  in  such  manner  as  shall  seem 
most  beneficial  thereto. 

Sec.  6.  Said  coi"poration  may  require  bond,  and  satisfactory  security  of 
its  Treasurer,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  as  such  officer. 

Sec.  7.  The  Constitution  and  By-Laws  now  adopted  by  said  Asso- 
ciation, shall  continue  in  force  until  the  next  annual  meeting  of  said 
Association  after  the  passage  of  this  act;  and  all  personal  property  and 
efltects  of  whatever  kind  or  description,  now  held  by  said  Association, 
or  any  person  or  persons  in  trust  therefor,  shall,  by  vutue  of  this  act,  vest 
in  and  become  the  property  of  the  corporation  hereby  created,  and  may 
be  sued  for  and  recovered  in  the  name  of  said  corporation. 

Sec.  8.  The  Association  hereby  incorporated  shall  have  power  and 
authority,  and  are  hereby  authorised  to  purchase  real  estate  or  other  prop- 
erly, in  the  city  of  Chicago,  not  exceeding  the  capital  stock  created  at 
such  times  as  it  may  be  detei-mined  by  the  Executive  Committee  afore- 
said, to  ci-eate  a  capital  stock  as  in  this  act  provided,  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  necessary  buildings  for  the  permanent  occupation  of  the  Associa-. 
TiON,  reading  room,  library  and  lecture  room. 

Sec.  9.  For  the  purpose  of  purchasing  such  real  estate,  and  erectioi^ 
of  permanent  buildings  as  aforesaid,  thereon,  the  said  Executive  Commit- 
tee are  hereby  authorised  and  empowered,  at  such  times  as  they  may 
think  proper,  by  resolution  to  that  efi'ect,  entered  upon  the  Record  of  their 
proceedings,  to  create  a  capital  stock  of  twenty  thousand  dollai-s,  didded. 
into  shares  of  fifty  dollars  each,  with  the  privilege  at  any  time  thereafter 
of  increasing  the  same  to  fifty  thousand  dollars,  if  such  amount  shall  by 
them  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  purj^oses  aforesaid,  upon  publishing 
twenty-five  days'  notice  of  such  resolution,  in  one  of  the  daily  newspapers 
printed  in  the  city  of  Chicago;  at  the  expiration  of  which  time,  books, 
shall  be  opened  for  the  subscription  of  said  stock,  at  the  reading  rooms  of 


the  Association,  by  Thomas  Hoyne,  William  T.  liAunox,  (JEOiiGE 
Manierre,  William  E;-Doggett,  James  H.  Rees  and  H.  G.  Shumway, 
who  are  hereby  constituted  a  c-ijminittee  to  open  said  books,  and  solicit 
subseriptions  to  said  stuck,  and  the  same  shall  be  pa}ablc  in  such  instal- 
ments, and  at  such  times,  and  subject  to  such  forfeitures,  as  shall  be  pre- 
iscribed  by  said  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  10.  After  all  said  ca]>ital  stock  so  created  as  aforesaid,  shall  have 
been  subscribed,  a  meeting  of  all  the  stockholders  and  members  of  the 
Association  shall  be  called  by  the  said  stock  committee,  who  shall  re- 
quire a  i)ayment  of  five  dollars  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  of  stock,  in 
cash,  at  tlie  time  of  said  meeting,  from  each  subscriT)er  of  stock,  on  the 
amount  subscribed  for  by  him ;  and  a  new  election  of  ofHcei's  shall  then 
take  place,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  until  the  next  and  ensuing  regular 
election  ;  and  at  such  election  and  all  elections  thereafter  held,  each  mem- 
ber of  the  Association  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  each  stockhold- 
er to  one  vote,  for  each  and  e\ery  share  of  stock  he  may  hold ;  and  a 
majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  shall  be  required  to  make  an  election :  Pro- 
vided^ that  no  stockholder  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  such  elections,  who 
may  be  in  arrears  for  his  payment  of  the  instalment  required  or  called  for 
on  his  stock ;  and  no  member  of  the  Association  shall  vote,  unless  he 
has  first  paid  up  his  regular  annual  and  quarterly  dues,  to  the  Association. 

Sec.  11.  As  soon  as  said  stock  is  subscribed,  the  said  Executive  Com- 
mittee shall  have  power  to  borrow  any  sum  or  sums  of  money,  not  exceed- 
ing the  amount  of  said  capital  stock,  to  secure  the  early  completion  of  said 
buildings,  and  for  this  purpose  they  are  hertby  authorised  to  issue  bonds 
therefor,  and  pledge  all  property  real  or  personal  owned  by  said  Asso- 
ciation, for  the  re-payment  thereof. 

Sec.  12.  This  act  shall  be  a  public  act,  and  as  such  shall  be  received 
in  all  courts,  and  receive  a  construction  favorable  to  the  accomplishment  of 
its  objects. 

Sec.  13.  Persons  not  stockholdei-s  may  become  members,  on  payment 
of  such  dues  as  may  be  fixed  upon  by  the  Executive  Committee,  from 
time  to  time. 

Sec.  14.  After  the  pajrment  of  all  expenses  of  the  Association,  in 
keeping  up  the  lecture  room,  library  and  reading  rooms,  in  such  manner 
as  the  Executive  Cominittee  shall  think  proper,  and  after  said  buildings 
are  erected  for  the  use  of  the  Association,  then  the  overplus  arising  from 


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rents  or  profits  of  any  such  real  estate  or  buildings  owned  by  the  Asso- 
ciation, or  purchased  or  erected  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  divided  annually, 
•pro  rata,  among  the  stockholders  of  said  Associatiok",  according  to  the 
amount  of  the  stock  held  by  them  respectively. 

Sec.  15,     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

SIDNEY  BREESE, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
WILLIAM  McMURTRY, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate, 
Approved  January  30th,  1851. 
AUG.  C.  FRENCH. 


UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA  )^ 
State  of  Illinois.  ) 

I,  David  L.  Gregg,  Secretary  of  State  of  the  said  State  of  Illinois,  do  hereby  cer- 
tify, that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  the  enrolled  law  now  on  file  in  my  office.     In 
testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  the  great  seal  of 
[l.  s.]      State,  at  the  city  of  Springfield,  this  twenty-first  day  of  February,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty  one. 

DAVID  L.  GREGG, 

Secretary  of  State. 


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OF  MEMBERS, 

1.  Any  white  male  person,  being  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  of 
the  age  of  fourteen  years  and  upwards,  may  become  a  member  of  this 
Association,  and  be  entitled  to  vote  therein,  on  being  nominated  by  a 
member  thereof,  elected  upon  such  nomination  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, subscribing  to  the  Charter  and  By-Laws,  and  paying  to  the  Treasurer 
an  initiation  fee  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents,  and  quarterly  thereafter  in 
advance,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents ;  but  no  member  imder  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  and  over  the  age  of  forty  years,  shall  be  eligible  to  ofiice. 

2.  The  payment  of  twenty-five  dollars  to  the  Treasurer,  shall  entitle 
the  donor  to  the  privilege  of  honorary  life  membership. 

3.  Any  person  may  become  an  honorary  member  of  the  Association, 
upon  being  elected  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

4.  Life  and  honorary  members  are  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of 
regular  membership. 

5.  Any  member  of  the  Association  may  introduce  any  non-resident  to 
the  Association,  on  entering  his  name  and  place  of  residence  in  a  book 
to  be  provided  for  that  purpose ;  and  after  such  introduction,  such  person 
shall  be  entitled  to  admission  to  the  reading  rooms  for  the  period  of  one 
month.  Any  member  shall  also  have  the  privilege  of  introducing  ladies 
to  any  lecture  delivered  before  the  Association. 

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DUTIES  OF  THE  SEVERAL  OFFICERS. 

1.  The  President  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the  Association, 
preserve  order  therein,  and  in  case  of  the  equal  division  of  the  members 
on  any  question,  give  the  casting  vote. 

2.  He  shall  also,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  and  at 
such  other  times  as  he  shall  deem  proper,  communicate  to  the  Associa- 
tion or  the  Executive  Committee,  such  matters,  and  make  such  sugges- 
tions relative  to  the  affairs  of  the  Association,  as  may,  in  his  opinion, 
tend  to  promote  its  prosperity  and  welfai-e. 

3.  The  President  shall  call  special  meetings  of  the  Association  at 
any  time  he  may  see  fit,  and  also  when  requii-ed  to  do  so  by  any  five 
members  of  the  Executive  Committee,  or  any  fifteen  members  of  the 
Association. 

4.  In  case  of  the  death  or  absence  of  the  President,  or  his  inability  to 
actj  the  Vice-Presidents,  in  their  order,  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the 
oflBce;  and  in  case  of  the  absence  or  inability  of  the  President  and  all  the 
Vice-Presidents,  then  some  person  to  be  appointed  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, shall  perform  the  duties  of  the  office  for  the  time  being. 

5.  The  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Association  shall  keep  a  record 
of  its  proceedings ;  he  shall  also  be  the  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Exe- 
cutive Committee,  keep  a  record  of  their  transactions,  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  from  time  to  time,  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee. 

6.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  receive  and  answer  all  communications  addressed  to. 
the  Association,  or  any  of  its  officers,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as 
may  from  time  to  time  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

7.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  sums  due  the  Association,  and  all 
donations  in  money  made  for  its  benefit.  He  shall  not  pay  out  any  funds, 
unless  by  direction  of  the  Executive  Committee.     The  drafts  made  upon 


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him  shall  be  signed  by  the  Secretary  and  countersigned  by  the  President. 
He  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  his  receipts  and  disbursements,  and  report 
the  same  to  the  Executive  Committee,  at  the  first  regular  meeting  each 
month, 

8.  The  Treasurer,  with  two  sufficient  sureties,  shall  execute  a  bond  to 
the  Association  for  th«  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  in  such  penal 
sum  as  tlie  Executive  Committee  shall  prescribe. 

9.  A  Librarian,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee,  shall 
attend  at  the  rooms  of  the  Association  daily,  (Sundays  excepted,)  from 
seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  until  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening,  to  take 
charge  of  the  rooms,  and  of  the  library  and  other  property  belonging  to 
he  Association.  He  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  books,  maps,  charts- 
and  other  property  belonging  to  the  Association,  (with  the  names  of  the 
donors,  in  cases  where  the  books  or  articles  have  been  presented,)  arrange 
them  in  proper  order,  and  perform  such  other  services  as  may  be  required 
of  him  from  time  to  time  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

1 0.  If  any  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  shall  absent  himself 
from  the  regular  meetings  of  the  Committee  twice  in  one  month,  without 
absence  from  the  city,  sickness,  or  other  extraordinary  reason  to  excuse  the 
same,  (the  reason  of  which  absence  he  shall  communicate  to  the  President 
as  soon  after  its  fii-st  occurrence  as  may  be,)  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  in  virtue  hereof,  and  without  any  special  direction 
from  the  Committee  to  that  effect,  to  enclose  to  the  said  member  a  copy  of 
this  article,  and  request  him  in  the  name  of  the  Committee  to  attend  its 
meetings,  or  resign  his  situation  as  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Association. 
In  default  of  such  resignation  his  office  may  be  declared  vacated  at  the 
option  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

LECTURES. 

1.  From  the  first  day  of  November  in  each  year,  to  the  first  day  of 
March  next  ensuing,  or  as  nearly  within   those   times  as  may  be,  there 


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shall  be  at  least  one  Public  Lecture  delivered   each  week,  before  the 
Association,  on  some  hterary  or  scientific  subject. 

2.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  make  such  arrangements  for  the 
dehvery  of  Lectures  as  they  shall  deem  necessary  and  proper. 

ANNUAL  MEETING  AND    ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS. 

1.  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Associa- 
tion, at  their  Rooms,  on  the  first  Saturday  in  February,  for  the  purpose 
of  the  election  of  officers  and  of  receiving  the  reports  of  the  Executive 
Committee  and  the  Treasurer,  and  for  the  transaction  of  such  other  busi- 
ness, connected  with  the  affaii-s  of  the  Association,  as  may  be  presented 
for  consideration;  and  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  meeting  shall  be 
given,  at  least  three  days  previonsly,  in  one  or  more  of  the  pubUc  news- 
papers published  in  the  city. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS,  &c. 

1.  At  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  after  the  minutes  of 
the  last  meeting  shall  have  been  read,  the  order  of  business  shall  be  as 
follows : 

I.  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

II.  Resolutions,  Motions  and  Notices. 

III.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

IV.  Election  of  Officei-s. 

2.  All  questions  as  to  priority  of  business  shall  be  decided  by  the 
presiding  officer  without  debate. 

3.  All  life,  honorary  and  regular  members  of  the  Association,  shall 
be  entitled  to  vote  at  any  election. 

4.  The  rules  adopted  for  the  government  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
shall  be  the  rules  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Association,  as  far  as 
the  same  are  applicable. 

RULES  AND  ORDERS  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

1.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  meet  every  other  Saturday  evk- 
j^iNG,  at  the  rooms  of  the  Association,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 


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2.  At  ten  minutes  after  the  hour  name<l  as  the  time  of  meeting,  tlie 
Committee  shall  be  called  to  or  Jer,  and,  a  majority  of  the  members  being 
present,  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  shall  be  read,  to  the  end  that  any 
misUikes  or  omissions  therein  may  be  corrected.  If  a  majority  of  the 
membt-'rs  of  the  Committee  do  not  attend  at  the  time  and  place  of  meet^ 
ing,  those  present  shall  have  power  to  adjourn  to  such  time  as  they  shall 
see  fit,  not  exceeding  two  weeks.  Any  member  arriving  twenty  minutes 
after  the  hour  of  meeting,  his  name  and  time  of  arrival  shall  be  entered 
on  the  minutes. 

3.  After  the  calling  of  the  roll  and  reading  of  the  minutes,  the  order 
of  business  shall  be  as  follows : 

I.  The  proposal  of  persons  for  admission  to  membership  in  the 
Association. 

II.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

III.  Reports  of  Select  Committees. 

IV.  Communications  from  Officers. 

V.  Unfinished  business. 

VI.  Resolutions,  Motions  and  Notices. 

VII.  Miscellaneous  business. 

And  all  questions  as  to  priority  of  business  shall  be  decided  by 
the  Chair,  without  debate. 

4.  The  President,  for  the  time  l>eing,  shall  have  power  to  name  any 
member  to  perform  the  duties  of  the  Chair,  who  shall  be  vested,  during 
such  time,  with  all  the  powers  of  the  President.  The  President  shall  pre- 
serve order  and  decide  upon  all  questions  relative  thereto ;  but  an  appeal 
from  his  decision  may  be  had,  which  shall  be  determined  without  debate. 
He  shall  also  have  power  to  call  special  meetings  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

5.  The  President  may  vote  on  any  question  as  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee, and  in  such  case  he  shall  not  have  a  ri^ht  to  a  castino-  vote:  and 
if  he  votes  as  a  member,  and  there  is  an  equal  division  of  votes,  the  ques- 
tion shall  be  considered  lost. 

6.  No  member  shall,  by  conversation  or  otherwise,  interrupt  the  busi- 


ness  of  the  Committee ;  and  all  raembei-s  desirous  to  speak  on  any  subject 
shall  address  the  Chair  standing. 

7.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  subject,  with- 
out leave,  and  not  more  than  once  until  all  members  desirous  of  addressing 
the  Committee  shall  haxe  had  an  opportunity  to  do  so. 

8.  When  two  or  more  persons  rise  at  the  same  time,  the  President 
shall  name  the  member  who  shall  speak  first 

9.  All  motions,  notices,  and  resolutions,  shall  be  reduced  to  writing, 
if  desired  by  the  President  or  any  member,  and  endoi-sed  with  the  name 
of  the  mover,  and  delivered  to  the  Secretary  before  being  considered ;  and 
no  motion  shall  be  debated  until  it  is  seconded,  but  it  may  be  withdrawn 
at  any  time  before  amendment  or  decision. 

10.  If  the  question  under  debate  contain  several  points,  any  member 
may  have  the  same  divided. 

11.  Upon  request  of  any  two  members,  the  names  of  the  persons 
voting  for  and  against  any  proposition  pending  before  the  Committee,  shall 
be  recorded  in  the  minutes. 

12.  When  a  question  is  pending,  no  motion  shall  be  received,  unless 
for  the  previous  question,  for  an  amendment,  for  postponement,  for  refer- 
ing  it  to  a  committee,  or  to  adjourn ;  which  latter  motion  shall  always  be 
in  order,  and  be  decided  without  debate. 

13.  A  member  called  to  order  shall  immediately  resume  his  seat,  un- 
less permitted  by  the  President  or  Committee  to  explain  or  proceed. 

14.  Any  member  may  move  for  the  reconsideration  of  any  question, 
but  such  motion  shall  be  made  either  at  the  same  or  the  subsequent  meet- 
ing to  that  at  which  the  question  was  decided ;  nor  shall  any  question  bo 
reconsidered  more  than  once. 

15.  At  the  first  or  second  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  after 
the  Annual  Election  of  Officers  by  the  Association,  the  President  shall 
appoint  the  following  Standing  Committees,  each  to  consist  of  three  mem- 
bers, except  when  otherwise  directed : 


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I.  A  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

II.  A  Library  Committee,  to  consist  of  fi\  e  members. 

III.  A  Committee  on  Lectures. 

IV.  A  Committee  on  Donations  and  Subscriptions. 

V.  A  Committee  on  Rooms  and  Fixtures. 

VI.  A  Law  Committee. 

VII.  A  Committee  on  Periodicals  and  Newspapers. 

Wbicli  several  Committees  shall  perfoim  such  duties  as  may  be  neces- 
sarily incident  to  the  purposes  of  their  appointment  and  subjects  committed 
to  their  charge,  and  such  as  may  be  required  of  them  by  the  Executive 
Committee  from  time  to  time. 

]  6.  Special  Committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Presiding  Officer, 
unless  directed  to  be  chosen  by  ballot ;  and  shall  consist  of  such  number 
as  may  be  ordered  at  the  time  of  their  appointment. 

17.  Repoi-ts  of  Committees  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  signed  by  a 
majority  of  the  members  thereof. 

18.  Wlienever  it  shall  become  the  duty  of  the  Executive  Committee 
to  fill  any  vacancy  that  may  exist  in  the  officers  of  the  Society,  such  va- 
cancy shall  not  be  filled  until  at  least  one  week  after  it  shall  have  been 
created. 

19.  None  of  the  foregoing  By-Laws  shall  be  suspended,  altered  or  re- 
scinded, except  by  unanimous  consent,  unless  previous  notice  of  the  inten- 
tion to  move  therefor,  shall  have  been  given  at  the  previous  meetuig 
of  the  Committee  to  that  at  which  a  resolution  for  alteration  or  rescinding 
shall  be  intended  to  be  ofiered. 


PRESIDENTS  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION  FEOM  THE  PERIOD  OF  ITS 
ORGANISATION  TO  THE  PRESENT  TIME. 


Walter  L.  Newberry, 
Hugh  T.  Dickey, 
Setii  T.  Otis, 
Peter  Page, 
Davis  S.  Lee,    - 
George  Manniere,     - 
Samuel  J.  Lowe, 
Walter  Wright, 
James  H.  Rees, 


Thomas  Hoynb, 


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